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2024 was a record year for tourism in Vienna. Is the city government encouraging overtourism via a relentless pursuit of ever-higher visitor numbers?
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Pension Plan
Austria's government has agreed a sustainability mechanism for the country's pension system that could see the statutory retirement age go up
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Let's Talk
Austria still sees itself as a neutral arbiter in world affairs even though its foreign policy no longer accords with that vision
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The Unlivable Livable City
From planting more trees to building out the city’s district cooling network, Vienna's climate change policies need to make the city inhabitable for…
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It's Human Nature
The far-right Freedom Party sees the advance of LGBTQ rights in Austria as an existential threat to children and the nuclear family
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Boomtown
The Social Democratic Party and NEOS will govern Vienna together for a second term, branding themselves the Aufschwungskoalition
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Won't Somebody Please Think Of The Car Owners?
Austria's new government has targeted environmental subsidies in cutting €6.4 billion from the budget in 2025
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Leitln, Wir Ham Den Schas Gewonnen
Austria will host the Eurovision Song Contest in 2026: a boon for whichever city it is held in, if not the government and public broadcaster that has to…
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